diff --git a/src/nearest.js b/src/nearest.js
index 76874fcd..6532b513 100644
--- a/src/nearest.js
+++ b/src/nearest.js
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ const nearest = (colors, metric = differenceEuclidean(), accessor = d => d) => {
 	let arr = colors.map((c, idx) => ({ color: accessor(c), i: idx }));
 	return (color, n = 1, τ = Infinity) => {
 		if (isFinite(n)) {
-			n = Math.max(1, Math.min(n, arr.length - 1));
+			n = Math.max(1, Math.min(n, arr.length));
 		}
 
 		arr.forEach(c => {
diff --git a/test/nearest.test.js b/test/nearest.test.js
index cd061bda..2cc2243f 100644
--- a/test/nearest.test.js
+++ b/test/nearest.test.js
@@ -40,3 +40,13 @@ test('nearest() with accessor', t => {
 	let nearestColors = nearest(names, undefined, name => palette[name]);
 	assert.deepEqual(nearestColors('red', 1), ['Bright Red']);
 });
+
+test('nearest() returns up to all colors', t => {
+	let palette = ['red', 'green', 'blue', 'yellow', 'purple'];
+	let nearestColors = nearest(palette);
+	assert.equal(
+		nearestColors('orange', palette.length).length,
+		palette.length,
+		'n equal to the number of colors returns all of them'
+	);
+});